Socialising your Author Box in Genesis WordPress Theme
The Author Box in WordPress is sometimes overlooked and underused and it doesn’t display all the contact information entered such as Social Media contacts, this guide goes through turning it on, editing the contact meta info, using a new AuthorBox with the new contact info and using icon fonts to display those social media accounts. Turning on…
Read MoreAdd Fallback Featured Image in Genesis
To set a fall back featured image in Genesis if one is not set, you can use a parameter in the filter genesis_get_image, in the code below I want to target a particular category and use a dashicon icon if the featured image is not set. This icon (or image) will then appear on the archive page. The genesis_get_image…
Read MoreAdd a Slider to the Home Page in Genesis Theme WordPress using Cyclone Slider
Sliders have been slammed a lot recently, notably for their effectiveness and usability, however within certain contexts they are still relevant and more importantly still popular with clients, their use may be more relevant to certain industries, their usage may be better suited to subtle areas of the page. That said, here is a guide…
Read MoreUsing Slidebars to Slide In and Out Content in A Genesis Theme
Having some content slide out from the side of a page is a great solution for off canvas content, it can solve crowded page issues especially at smaller sizes as it can slide in content that takes prominence, do what it needs to do for the user and then slide out again, Slidebars is a jQuery plugin solution that…
Read MoreMoving JetPacks Related Posts to a new position in Genesis
JetPack has a great Related Posts module, here’s how to move it further down the page below posts meta info or anywhere else you like by using a shortcode provided by JetPack. In Genesis Themes for instance, it positions itself in the genesis_entry_content hook at the bottom. Lets say you wanted this below the post…
Read MoreRemove Genesis Structural Wraps from Markup
On Genesis themes, the structural .wrap is essentially an element which acts as a container for content. The sample and most of the themes have it set at 1140px wide and narrower at smaller sizes. What areas have the .wrap markup by default are: header menu-primary menu-secondary footer-widgets footer You can see this markup in the core Genesis framework…
Read MoreSwitching Primary Menu in Genesis Theme to Header Right on a Permanent Basis
I find that I always, well most of the time, use the header right widget area in Genesis for the Primary Menu of a site and create this menu by adding a Custom Menu to the Header Widget Area, whilst there is nothing wrong by doing it this way, there is a better way. Here is a guide how…
Read MoreAdd Custom Taxonomy Post Meta Terms to Custom Post Type in Genesis WordPress
To add in the post meta of custom taxonomy terms into custom post types in Genesis WordPress theme you need to create a function with a conditional that equals the custom post type then set the post meta using shortcode which includes the taxonomy terms, then apply a filter to the result to the genesis_post_meta function in your functions.php file. You can choose to…
Read MoreAdding in a Hello Tool Bar to the Top of a Genesis Theme
How to add in a hello style tool bar to the head of a Genesis theme and make it appear visible after scrolling down part way down the page. Demo in Genesis Sample Theme here. This can be done with a left/right widget or just a centre one. Add in the Javascript Create a file named…
Read MoreAdd another Search Form to a No Results Page in Genesis
The ‘no results page’ from a search in Genesis leaves the visitor with not much info to go on, and if the no results page is a full width page with no sidebar which had contained the search widget it would be nice to have the option to quickly search again. Make a Child Theme Search…
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